Minutes of the meeting of the Council of Cardiff New (now Reform) Synagogue on 16 October 1980. It includes a list of those present and apologies for absense. The chairman is recorded as Mr W Pollock. The meeting discussed the retirement of Rabbi Dr Graf. The council also disucssed security for the proposed Cardiff Jewish Social Centre and how to fund it. The meeting also discussed the gift shop, work of the wardens, Ladies' Guild, Israel Committee, Representative Council and youth groups. It discusses the beginning of Saturday classes and Induction Service and dinner.

The Cardiff Reform Synagogue was founded in 1948 as the Cardiff New Synagogue. The following year, it became a constituent member of the Movement for Reform Judaism. Born in reaction against the more restrictive traditions of the Orthodox Judaism of Cardiff Hebrew Congregation, such as the prohibition of driving on the Sabbath and the ban on interfaith marriages, the new Synagogue appealed to the immigrants who had fled the war-torn Europe, where the Reform movement was already well-established. The congregation worships in a converted Methodist Chapel on Moira Terrace they acquired in 1952.

Sources:

JCR-UK: Jewish Communities & Records, Cardiff Reform Synagogue, Cardiff, Wales (2020) https://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Community/card1/index.htm [accessed 14 March 2024]

Parry-Jones, Cai, The History of the Jewish Diaspora in Wales (doctoral thesis, Bangor University, 2014)
https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/files/20579001/null [14 March 2024]

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